Platygaster

Platygaster
Platygaster pupae inside gall
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Platygastridae
Subfamily: Platygastrinae
Genus: Platygaster
Latreille, 1809
Synonyms
  • Polygnotus Foerster, 1856
  • Pyrgaspis Kozlov, 1967
  • Anirama Kozlov, 1970
  • Criomica Kozlov, 1975
  • Huggertella Notton, 2006
Platygaster sp. in copula. Filmed on a fallen beech in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany

Platygaster is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae.[1] There are more than 560 described species in Platygaster.[2][3][4]

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